May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere (Summer in Europe). Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
May symbols: The birthstone of May is the emerald which is emblematic of love and success. The May birth flower is the Lily of the Valley and the Crataegus monogyna. The mayflower Epigaea repens is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. Its native range extends from Newfoundland south to Florida, west to Kentucky in the southern range, and to Northwest Territories in the north. The zodiac signs for the month of May are Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onwards).
Historical Events for May, 1860
Day of Week 3rd » Charles XV of Sweden or Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
Day of Week 5th » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
Day of Week 18th » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party (United States) called Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
Day of Week 27th » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1860
2nd » John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
2nd » Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1904)
3rd » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)
5th » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
12th » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester e.g Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)